Machine for



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

H. REIMANN, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

MACHINE FOR MAKING CIGAR-LIGHTERS.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 18,706, dated November 24, 1857.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be 1t known that I, HENRICH REIMANN,

of the city of Hartford, county ofHartford,

and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Machine forManufacturing Composition Igniting-Cinders for Lighting Cigars; and I dohereby declare that the following is a correct description thereof,reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters ofreference marked thereon.

Figure 1, represents a side View of said machine. Fig. 2, represents anend view. Fig. 3, a longitudinal vertical section through the same. Fig.4, a top view of the same. Figs. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14,represent detached views of details hereafter to be described.

A, represents the frame of the machine.

B, represents a press box which during the operation of the machine iscaused to move up and down within suitable guides of the frame. This boxcontains a number of pistons a, which correspond with an equal number ofholes in the plate Gr, and which serve to stamp and press the cindersthrough the holes of said plate as will be more fully explained. Thepistons a, are secured to the plate c, which plate can be moved withinthe box B, down to the plate b, to which the rods CZ are securedpermanently the rods d, passing through the pistons or plungers a. Thepress box B, is connected with shaft f, by means of rod g, pitman 7L,and crank i; the pulley P on the shaft j, receives its motion by meansof a chain from,the pulley P, on shaft 7c.

C represents a reservoir to receive the composition of which the body ofthe cinders is formed; the plate G, rests on the bottom m., of saidreservoir, and has a vibrating motion imparted to it by means of a rackD, which is operated by a number of gearings which are secured to shaftsl, o, p.

F represents a perforated plate similar to plate Gr, the holes in bothplates corresponding exactly. The plate F is vibrated by a ratchet M,the teeth of which come in contact with projection g, of the plate F,and as the latter is vibrated it cuts off or detaches the cinders fromplate G.

E, represents a box for the reception of the igniting material to beapplied to the cinders; this box is attached to the carriage I, to whichthe plate F is also secured; within the box E, is a roller Q, to theshaft of which is secured outside the box E, a pinion r, which as thecarriage I, is moved longitudinally causes the roller E, to revolve andto take up the paste-like igniting material for the purpose ofdistributing it to the points of the rods, d as will be morefullydescribed. The box E, is provided with an agitating apparatus consistingof a plate t, which is pivoted to the bottom of the box by the pivot u,as the roller Q revolves the projections Yo on the shaft of said rolleroperate upon a projection on plate t, thus turning it on its pivot,while the spring w, causes said plate to return to its former position,thus a continuous vibration is kept up whereby the paste is stirred andfed to the roller Q.

S, represents two cylindrical boxes which are connected respectivelywith the chain pulleys T and P; these boxes are provided in theirinterior with a mechanism, which when set in operation, connects anddisconnects the pulleys P and T, at each alternate revolution with andfrom the shafts f and 7c. This device is illustrated in Figs. 5, 6, 7 8.The box S, is secured permanently to the frame of the machine, and isnot connected with shaft 7c, the ratchet U, which is formed on one sidewith an open ring e, is rmly secured to shaft K, the chain pulley T,which runs loosely on shaft 7c has pivoted to it on the side facing thebox S, a cam triangle y, which can turn and play loosely on its pivot 2.This cam is formed'in the shape of a triangle 4, the sides of which arearcs of circle e, and from which extend the pawls 5. lVhen the parts areput together the ring e, comes to rest against the triangle 4, asrepresented in red lines in Fig. 5, and one of the pawls 5, comes torest within the recess IV, of the stationary box S, as represented inFig. 7. Then now the shaft 7c, and ring e, are turned in the directionof the arrow they do not operate upon the triangle y, as one of thepawls 5 rests within the recess W, and the circumference of the ring a,corresponds with the side of the triangle with which it is in contact.The position of the parts thus remains the same until the point 6, comesin contact with and operates upon the point of the triangle to the left,turning said triangle to the position represented in Fig. S, thuswithdrawing the pawl 5, from its recess; two of the pawls 5, come tobear against the inner circumference of box S, while the third iscarried around by point b, as shaft lc, turns the triangle, andconsequently the chain pulley T, thus moves with shaft k, and willeventually assume the position represented in Fig. 6, where the pawl tothe right is about to enter the groove W, and thus to return to theposition represented in Fig. 7. Thus'it will be seen that as the shaftlc, is revolved, the chain pulley T, will at each alternate revolutionbe connected and disconnected with the shaft is.

I will now describe the mechanism for converting the rotary motion ofchain pulley. T, into a rectilinear reciprocating mo tion for thepurpose of operating rack D, and perforated plate G. This apparatus isrepresented in Figs. 2, 4, and 9. The ychain pulley H, runs loosely onshaft Z, and .has its hub formed with coupling teeth 10, 12, which asthe pulley is shifted on shaft Z, are caused alternately to meshinto'the coupling teeth of the couplings a, ZJ. This operation ofshifting is performed by means of a tooth CZ operating in conjunctionwith a swinging dog h', which is retained in its position by means ofspring 'Z, the point of which falls in between the teeth of the piece m.In Fig. 11, the tooth eZ, has been caught by pawl L, and thus drawsthepulley H, toward the coupling ZJ; Fig. 12, represents pulley H, as beingcoupled with coupling b', the tooth Z, as it escapes from pawl ZL actsupon the short bluntarm and thus turns it to the position represented inFig. 12. In Fig. 13, the tooth d slides on the inclined face of the pawlL, thereby pushing pulley'H, toward coupling a". In Fig. 14, pulley H,is represented as being coupled with coupling a, and the tooth cZ, isjust on the point of acting upon the short arm ofvpawl L to return saidpawl to the position represented in Fig. 11. When the pulley H, 'iscoupled with coupling a it turns the hollow shaft F, which is attachedto said coupling, and the cogged wheel E which operates wheels D', C, Aand rackl D;.but when the pulley H, is connected with coupling it willturn shaft Z, as the coupling ZJ is keyed to said shaft, and will turnthe wheel B, which meshing into wheel A will turn the latter in adirection opposite to that when driven by coupling a, and the rack D,will then be made to return.

The operation of the entire machine is as follows: The composition toform the body of the cinder being placed in the receptacle C, and theigniting composition into boX E, the crank M is turned in the directionof the arrow, shaft Zo, is turned in the same dihighest position, thenthe pulley P is just detached from shaft f, and consequently the pressboX dremains in this elevated position during the next revolution ofpulley P. At the same moment as the pulley P is disconnected from shaftf, the pulley T, is connected with shaft c, and operating upon pulley H,the rack D, is run in and out froml under the press box as abovedescribed. As the rack D, together with perforated plate G, and carriageI, is run under the elevated press box, the plate G, is pushed into thereceptacle containing the material for the cin,- ders, which by its ownweight will settle into the holes of the plate G, at the same time theroller Q, which has been rotated by the action of pinion r, and rack sdistributes the igniting paste to each of the ends of the rods, eZ,which in this elevated position of the press box protrude beneath theplungers a. As the rack D, returns the plate G, returns with the cindermaterial in each cell, and at the moment, when the cells or holes inplates G, come directly under the plungers a, the pulley T, isdisconnected from shaft 7c, and pulley P is connected with shaft f, thepress boX commences its downward motion and 4the igniting paste is firsttransferred `to the vcinders which are then pressed out of the holes ofplate G, by the plungers a, which are moved down with plate c, withinbOX B, and finally the cinders are detached from plate G by the cut offplate F, the holes of which correspond withv the holes in plate G, andwhich is operated by the action of ratchet M, upon pin g, and thecinders drop,

H. REIMANN.

lVitnesses WM. VINE,

Gno. S. GILMAN.

